Testa di Legno

A “testa di legno” is a blockhead, a numbskull, a puppet. A person without the capacity for free thought, less a creative agent than a dumb body. The phrase has come, by extension, to describe a stand-in or body double paid by organised criminals to serve prison time on their behalf. As a tradable commodity in the justice system, these “teste di legno” illustrate how inequalities of money and power translate into inequalities of freedom. They also provide a case study for the relationship between individual liberty and the structures...Read more
Past exhibition
14 October — 25 November 2017
Mennour, 6 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour
Testa di Legno - © Mennour

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